UK singer-songwriter, Jamie Lawson today announces the release of his new single, ‘Fall Into Me’ – out now via Gingerbread Man Records / Atlantic Records UK (live version HERE). Taken from his latest album Happy Accidents, Jamie releases the new track as well as being announced alongside Anne-Marie as the opener for Ed Sheeran’s huge 46-date UK and European summer stadium tour this year. Including four sold-out nights at London’s Wembley Stadium, the tour kicks off on 4th May in Cork.
On the news of him opening the tour, Jamie says; “It’s with continued respect and amazement that I see Ed Sheeran play to bigger and bigger audiences, it’s pretty remarkable what he’s achieving. I’m very excited that I get to be a part of that journey again by opening for him on his stadium tour in Ireland, UK and Europe. I’ll be bringing the band with me too which means I’ll get to play the new single ‘Fall Into Me’ in all its glory! I’ll see those of you with tickets very soon. I can’t wait.”
Fall into Me
Listen to Fall into Me on Spotify. Jamie Lawson · Song · 2017.
In his armoury, Jamie Lawson holds an international hit single, a Number One album, an Ivor Novello Award, 238 million combined digital streams, 28 million YouTube views, and a huge social media following. In 2017, he had the chance to make an album in one of Los Angeles’ most legendary recording studios, with an equally legendary producer.
His latest album, Happy Accidents, is brimful with killer songs. It was produced by Joe Chiccarelli, who has previously worked with Rufus Wainwright, The Killers & The Strokes. Lawson recorded in LA’s Sunset Sounds, working with musicians handpicked by Chiccarelli, including keyboard player Roger Manning Jr (Beck) and drummer Matt Chamberlain (Tori Amos), who were joined by Jamie’s long standing bass player Henrik Irgens.
The songs on his debut self-titled album ‘showcased his skilled, attuned way with an irresistible melody and an empathetic lyric. Given a full international release via Ed Sheeran’s Gingerbread Man Records, lead single ‘Wasn’t Expecting That’ became a hit around the world, selling over a million copies worldwide. That success was further accelerated by a support slot with One Direction.
Jamie says, “When I couldn’t sleep after my dad died, I’d walk at two or three in the morning and sing to the river – anything that came into my head. It was a place I went for solace. And in many ways, me sticking at this as long as I have is partly due to my father – he knew me as a singer. But that’s how my dad knew me. So I think I kept at it, kept plugging away, because that’s my connection to him. And, you know,” he shrugs with a faint smile, “we eventually got through…”
It’s a lovely sentiment, and a lovely tribute, and they speak volumes of the kind of man – the kind of writer – that Jamie Lawson is.
UK/EU TOUR DATES (supporting Ed Sheeran)
MAY
4th – Cork, Páirc Uí Chaoimh
5th – Cork, Páirc Uí Chaoimh
6th – Cork, Páirc Uí Chaoimh
9th – Belfast, Boucher Playing Fields
12th – Galway, Pearse Stadium
13th – Galway, Pearse Stadium
16th – Dublin, Phoenix Park
18th – Dublin, Phoenix Park
19th – Dublin, Phoenix Park
24th – Manchester, Etihad Stadium
25th – Manchester, Etihad Stadium
26th – Manchester, Etihad Stadium
27th – Manchester, Etihad Stadium
JUNE
1st – Glasgow, Hampden Park
2nd – Glasgow, Hampden Park
3rd – Glasgow, Hampden Park
8th – Newcastle, St James’ Park
9th – Newcastle, St James’ Park
10th – Newcastle, St James’ Park
14th – London, Wembley Stadium
15th – London, Wembley Stadium
16th – London, Wembley Stadium
17th – London, Wembley Stadium
21st – Cardiff, Principality Stadium
22nd – Cardiff, Principality Stadium
23rd – Cardiff, Principality Stadium
24th – Cardiff, Principality Stadium
28th – Amsterdam, Amsterdam Arena
29th – Amsterdam, Amsterdam Arena
JULY
1st – Werchter, Festivalpark
6th – Paris, Stade De France
7th – Paris, Stade De France
10th – Gothenburg, Ullevi
11th – Gothenburg, Ullevi
14th – Stockholm, Friends Arena
19th – Berlin, Olympiastadion
22nd – Essen, Flughafen Essen/Mülheim
25th – Hamburg, Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld
29th – Munich, Olympiastadion
30th – Munich, Olympiastadion
AUGUST
3rd – Zurich, Letzigrund Stadion
4th – Zurich, Letzigrund Stadion
7th – Vienna, Ernst Happel Stadion
8th – Vienna, Ernst Happel Stadion
11th – Warsaw, PGE Narodowy
12th – Warsaw, PGE Narodowy
